Comments on: a day in his pants: the posh deluxe interview with winston liaw

By: a day in his pants: the posh deluxe interview with steve benham at Poshdeluxe

a day in his pants: the posh deluxe interview with steve benham at Poshdeluxe — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:45:49 +0000

[...] Twas the early days of blogging. I met Steve online, indirectly through Sarah. Namely, Sarah urged me repeatedly to blog, basically every week in our half-price-cake meetups, and I finally acquiesced in summer 2003. And then I was suddenly party to this whole group of amazing people and writers. Steve and I started emailing about Romania, and I immediately enjoyed our exchanges. How could I not, when he had such sympathetic and well-written answers and responses to my post-graduation funk, when I was wondering how Rice had let me out with such a limited amount of knowledge? He wrote: “At that point however, there was just this terrible disappointing nostalgia, knowing that it was over and wondering what the hell it was all about.” And so our friendship was born. We emailed all summer, but really started to talk a bit more when I started my research/fellowship in Central Asia. I would be at some random journalist organization in Kazakhstan, etc., and he would be an insomniac in New York. It worked out well. We’ve had some pretty intense and amazing conversations, ranging from life abroad to love to politics (those conversations can end up in arguments) to family, and I’ve always really valued this. Steve is one of the most amazing friends I’ve ever had, mixing openness and compassion and hilarity and intelligence flawlessly. Winston sings his praises as well in his interview. [...]

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 25 May 2008 17:55:10 +0000

Winston: Sorry, I am WAY late on reading your interview. Among other things, I am incredibly flattered that you would remember my Spanglish experience — “TENGO SYPHILIS!” — and highly amused that you schooled Jessica Simpson on what is means to have real musical talent. I can’t believe I have known you this long without being aware of that particular accolade.

Sarah’s right, by the way: you definitely rank among the nicest people I’ve ever met and I wish you the very best of luck in your family medicine career. As Paulraj likes to say, I fought the Liaw and the Liaw won.

By: steve

steve — Wed, 21 May 2008 08:54:24 +0000

ah, the memories come back. though i would dispute some of the finer details of winston’s memories, (i was wearing socks and shoes and i did cover myself to a certain extent) it was interesting to relive. though winston should work on his spelling skills.

By: Henri

Henri — Tue, 20 May 2008 00:06:34 +0000

Unsmiling upstaging is my new hobby.

I’m not smiling right now.

By: tODD

tODD — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:45:19 +0000

Winston, Jessica Simpson also went to my high school. Just not when I was there. Oh, to have been born later! Say hi to your sister for me.

By: josh

josh — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:26:33 +0000

I’d like to know how Winston’s modeling career has gone, after his discovery by the photography studio next to the dumpling place in Houston’s chinatown.

By: Meredith

Meredith — Mon, 19 May 2008 15:12:29 +0000

Winston, I am struck by several things when reading your interview: a) you should never be embarrassed to belt out the Reality Bites soundtrack, b) Cruisin’ and Duets both completely rule the school, and c) “Well, you don’t need a million dollars to do nothing, man.”

By: eden

eden — Mon, 19 May 2008 00:58:54 +0000

sarah, thanks for keeping winston busy for several hours. by the way, he’s already planning his sxsw 2009 trip.

By: weenston

weenston — Mon, 19 May 2008 00:50:34 +0000

jessica, thanks for the tip. i’m totally going to use that. john, yes henri has upstaged us in many ways. we definitely need to get some nighttime shades before sxsw 2009.

By: jessica

jessica — Sun, 18 May 2008 22:54:51 +0000

i am playing catch-up, since i lost my computer.

a.) winston, if anyone says “cleveland,” ask them if they’ve ever been to the flats. they’ll inevitably say yes, and you can say, “it’s a shame that cleveland is going through such economic decline. can’t even keep an arcade open.” this will fuel your conversation.

b.) sarah, i once knew an adorable little girl named paloma who went through a phase as a two-yr-old when she could speak of nothing but totoro. you could start it over from the beginning after she just watched it, and she would sit mesmerized. wave your hand in front of her face, she will fling it away.